Best Lee Nightingale Podcasts (2024)

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ChatGPT: A Partner in Unknowing – Dana Karout 58:53

7d ago58:53

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ChatGPT has divided opinion on how artificial intelligence might shape our future: Is it a harbinger of our demise? Or a friend, arrived just in time to guide us through our collective unraveling? As we entangle ourselves with this technology, are there ways we can use it to transform our intelligence, rather than simply replicating it? In this wee…

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8: Wildlife, Soil & Farming – Special 55:07

12d ago55:07

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Season 2, Episode 2 - Summer episode (00:00) Intro with wildlife guide Tom Forward – soil, the last frontier and a whistlestop guide to the five principles of regenerative farming. (05:31) What is conservation grazing? - with Rich Allum and Tristram Stuart (16:45) A tour round Elizabeth Buchanan’s organic farm (27:51) Trip to Groundswell, the Regen…

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Born was the Mountain – Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder 1:19:39

23d ago1:19:39

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Last week we released Aloha ‘Āina, the second film in our Shifting Landscapes documentary film series, which tells the story of how acclaimed Native Hawaiian poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio brought her poetry and love of the land to the forefront of the movement to protect the sacred Mauna Kea from the construction of a thirty-meter telescope.…

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36. The Sun ~ power over us 40:56

1M ago40:56

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Around the world there are over 100 human names that mean ‘The Sun’; perhaps the clearest evidence of us humans being inspired by, and acknowledging the significance of, a 4.5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star, a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. Its benevolence and its destructive …

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Sun House – A Conversation with David James Duncan 1:11:24

1M ago1:11:24

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Although the ecological sphere has long declared the need for a shift in consciousness if we are to survive the myriad crises we’ve ignited, this conversation often lacks examples of what this change in consciousness might be like as a lived, embodied experience. This week, author of the cult classics The Brothers K and The River Why, David James D…

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The Nightingale's Song – A Conversation with Sam Lee 53:40

2M ago53:40

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This month we released the first film in our new four-part Shifting Landscapes documentary film series exploring the role of art and the storyteller in our age of ecological crisis. The inspiration for The Nightingales Song, which spends time with British folk singer Sam Lee during nightingale season as he joins the bird in mutual song, grew from a…

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Time: A Conversation at London’s Architectural Association – with Marko Milovanovic and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee 42:30

2M ago42:30

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In this conversation, held in May at the Architectural Association in London, Emergence executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and architect, artist, and journalist Marko Milovanovic talk about Time, our fifth annual print edition, and our exploration of the mystery that lies beyond our humancentric notions of Time. Ranging from the kinds of time th…

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Making the Invisible Visible – A Conversation with Marshmallow Laser Feast’s creative director Ersin Han Ersin 1:00:13

3M ago1:00:13

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In this conversation from our Shifting Landscapes exhibition, Emergence executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee is joined by Marshmallow Laser Feast creative director Ersin Han Ersin, one of the artists behind the exhibition’s large-scale installation, Breathing with the Forest, which invites you into an experience of exchanging breath with a forest …

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A Forest Walk – A Guided Practice by Kimberly Ruffin 47:52

3M ago47:52

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When we step into a forest aware and listening to what surrounds us—remembering that the living world is just as aware of our presence—a relationship of reciprocity can take root. How might such a quality of attention change our ability to see, feel, and give ourselves to the landscapes around us? In this audio practice, writer and certified nature…

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An Ethics of Wild Mind – A Conversation with David Hinton 41:58

4M ago41:58

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How would our response to the ecological crisis be different if we understood that our own consciousness is as wild as the breathing Earth around us? In this conversation, poet, translator, and author David Hinton reaches back to a time when cultures were built around a reverence for the Earth and proposes that the sixth extinction we now face is r…

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When the Earth Started to Sing – David G. Haskell 42:45

4M ago42:45

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How did the vast and varied chorus of modern sounds—from forests to oceans to human music—emerge from within life’s community? When did the living Earth first start to sing? In this immersive sonic journey, biologist and acclaimed author David George Haskell opens our senses to unexplored auditory landscapes through spoken words and terrestrial sou…

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Sanctuaries of Silence - A Listening Journey 14:10

4M ago14:10

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Equipped with his binaural microphone system, acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton has spent the last forty years traveling the world documenting the sounds of the Earth and its inhabitants. Recording the noise pollution that permeates nearly all places on the planet, Gordon also listens for silence, for the sounds that emerge in the absence of noise.…

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Fermentation as Metaphor - A Conversation with Sandor Katz 47:11

4M ago47:11

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How can we repair our connection with what we eat, rejoining the biological web that we are a part of? In this conversation, fermentation expert Sandor Katz unpacks his book Fermentation as Metaphor, guiding us through the lessons taught by microorganisms as they change form. Exploring how our fear of the other, the unseen, and the unknowable has d…

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Ernest Shackleton 59:33

4M ago59:33

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Join us on The Enduring Lives podcast as we delve into the remarkable life of Ernest Shackleton, the legendary polar explorer who embodied resilience and courage in the face of adversity. From his ambitious expeditions to the Antarctic to his heroic leadership during the ill-fated Endurance voyage, Shackleton's story is one of determination, surviv…

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7: Childhood & Nature: Bumper Episode 57:09

4M ago57:09

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Season 2, Episode 1 - Spring episode How can we connect children with nature more? Are children still excited about the outdoors? Hear from 9-17 year olds. ‘Slimed, scratched, bitten and stung’? Is this the way to ignite curiosity? Hear from outdoor educators Lisa Stevens and Paula Da Luz. The magic of the humble stick…with Rich Skrein, Forest Scho…

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Earth as Koan, Earth as Self – A Conversation with Susan Murphy Roshi 1:06:29

5M ago1:06:29

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What becomes possible, especially in the face of crisis, when we orient our consciousness towards uncertainty, emptiness, and a sense of relationship with the world beyond the self? In this week’s conversation, Australian writer and Zen teacher Susan Murphy Roshi immerses us in the tradition of Zen koan and its ability to shift our consciousness am…

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Reading the Rocks – Jenny Odell 27:26

5M ago27:26

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Spending time with a landscape opens us to the language it speaks. Can we quiet our own voices enough to hear what the Earth has to say? This week, Jenny Odell takes us on a walk through the folds and furrows of her Oakland neighborhood, listening for the memories embedded in the shape of her surroundings. Sensing the language of her local terrain,…

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Holy Terroir: Finding Taste in an Edge-Place – Lily Kelting 36:58

5M ago36:58

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How do we taste a landscape? In this narrated essay, food and culture scholar Lily Kelting immerses us in the sounds of construction, the presence of buffalo, and the fragrance of marigold, smoke, and trash that flavor the outskirts of Pune, India. Opening our senses to the terroir of her local milk—a union between cow, community, and land—she wond…

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Enraptured with Earth – Two talks by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee 56:47

5M ago56:47

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At our Shifting Landscapes retreat held at Sharpham Trust in Devon last summer, Emergence executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee gave two talks that invite us to once again fall in love with the Earth. Feeling strongly that in this time of ecological unraveling the Earth is asking us to return Her ever-present gaze with our tenderness and care, Emma…

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Chasing Cicadas – Anisa George 37:41

5M ago37:41

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In anticipation of this year’s massive cicada emergence, we revisit a story from Anisa George, where she calls us into the wonder of encountering these tiny messengers. Immersing us in the sound—the buzzing, whirring, and clicking—of cicadas, this story invites us into a community beyond the human. What can it mean to participate in such a cycle? W…

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Finding Joy in the Unknown – A Conversation with Dara McAnulty 43:56

6M ago43:56

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Envisioning a future colored by a worsening ecological crisis makes for a despairing picture, but how can we find ways to keep our hearts open amid destruction? How can we express an authentic love for the living world in ways that invite others into a space of reverence? In this week’s podcast, we’re featuring a conversation from 2021 with Irish w…

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Deep Time Diligence – An Interview with Tyson Yunkaporta 39:57

6M ago39:57

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What would it mean to operate from a place of deep time diligence? In this conversation, Tyson Yunkaporta, an Aboriginal scholar and author who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland, speaks with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee about deep-time thinking and the ways it can radically reshape our relationship to the cosmic order. Wondering how we ca…

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Benjamin Franklin 1:15:44

6M ago1:15:44

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Benjamin Franklin: A Revolutionary Life In this captivating episode of The Enduring Lives, we delve into the extraordinary life of one of America's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. From his humble beginnings as a printer's apprentice to his remarkable achievements as a statesman, inventor, and philosopher, Franklin's journey is nothing short of…

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Mycelial Landscapes – A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake and Barney Steel 1:06:51

6M ago1:06:51

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Recorded live at our Shifting Landscapes exhibition in London last December, this conversation between Emergence Magazine executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, renowned mycologist and author Merlin Sheldrake, and Marshmallow Laser Feast creative director Barney Steel—who was behind the exhibition’s large-scale installation Breathing with the Fores…

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Glacial Longings – Elizabeth Rush 34:48

6M ago34:48

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Taking us to the collapsing face of Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, author Elizabeth Rush works to free the ice’s agency from both historical tropes and the confines of her own preconceptions. Contemplating the ways our own future is increasingly entangled with that of Thwaites, Elizabeth listens for the voice of the glacier, anticipating a quick, …

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1:00:46

7M ago1:00:46

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On this episode of The Enduring Lives, we embark on a fascinating exploration of the life and achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Join us as we uncover the remarkable story of this visionary 19th-century engineer and architect. From his groundbreaking contributions to the world of transportation, including the design of iconic bridges and pion…

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1 minute trail 1:01

7M ago1:01

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Here’s our one minute trail – what we’re about and what’s coming up… This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife. Link to our social platforms Please subscribe and leave a review. You can support the production of the Ashdown Forest podcast by donating here: https://ashdownforest.org/get-involved/ Please …

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Seeds of Reciprocity – A Panel Discussion with Kalyanee Mam, Joycelyn Longdon, and Sam Lee, moderated by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee 1:09:20

7M ago1:09:20

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Held at our Shifting Landscapes exhibition in December last year, this panel discussion, moderated by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, brought together environmental justice activist and Climate in Colour founder Joycelyn Longdon, award-winning Cambodian-American filmmaker Kalyanee Mam, and folk singer, song collector, and author Sam Lee to consider how we mi…

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Widening Circles – a conversation with Joanna Macy 34:51

7M ago34:51

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From her first experiences of heart connection with the living world on her grandfather’s farm in upstate New York to her antinuclear activism in the late 1960s and her ongoing work with deep ecology, ecophilosopher and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy reflects on the threads woven throughout her life. Advocating for a return to an “ecological self” th…

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